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DEICE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make or become free of frost or ice

Example:

Defrost the car window

Synonyms:

de-ice; defrost; deice

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "deice" is one way to...):

dethaw; dissolve; melt; thaw; unfreeze; unthaw (become or cause to become soft or liquid)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

deicer (heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane))

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